Alexandra Fuller, author, "Mustangs: Spirit of the Shrinking West," National Geographic
... on the BLM's treatment of wild horses in order to keep the population in check. Although wild horses are protected by federal law, ranchers, oil interests and wild horse advocates disagree on how the animals should be managed.

LINKS

• BLM: National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
• BLM: The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-195)
• National Geographic: Mustangs - Spirit of the Shrinking West

News 88.9 KNPR Resources

• 10/7/08: Wild Horse and Burro Summit
• 7/19/06: Wild Horses
• 1/1/09: Tony Curtis